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Politicize Terrorism?

May 4, 2012

President Obama was criticized this week for “politicizing” the killing of Osama bin Laden in a campaign ad that stated that, had he been president, Mitt Romney would not have made the same call. Republicans immediately fired back, reminding everyone that it was the Navy SEALs who carried out the raid and for the president [...]

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Russia warns on missile defense deal with Nato and US

May 3, 2012

Russia says it is prepared to use “destructive force pre-emptively” if the US goes ahead with controversial plans for a missile defense system based in Central Europe. The warning came after the Russian defense minister said talks on missile defence were nearing a dead end. Moscow fears that missile interceptors would be a threat to [...]

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Paul vs. Paul on Bloomberg TV

May 1, 2012
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Fully Armed U.S. Troops Patrol Minnesota Neighborhood

May 1, 2012

Guard members previously hunted insurgents in Iraq A photo showing fully armed U.S. National Guard troops patrolling a quiet residential street in Crookston, Minnesota has gone viral, once again underscoring concerns that Americans are being conditioned to accept the gradual imposition of martial law. Although the photo is undated, Guard troops from the local Crookston [...]

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Shock! Ron Paul Over Mitt Romney In Massachusetts This Weekend

May 1, 2012

Ron Paul dealt a quiet, but embarrassing, blow to Republican rival Mitt Romney this weekend, scoring an impressive delegate victory on the presumptive nominee’s home turf. The Boston Globe reports today that Paul supporters filled more than half of the delegate slots at this weekend’s Massachusetts Republican district caucuses, edging out at least 16 Romney delegates [...]

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Obama Campaign Hits Romney for Swiss Bank Account

May 1, 2012

“Swiss Bank Account” highlights Mitt Romney’s belief that a strong economy is built on outsourcing, loopholes and risky financial deals. As a corporate CEO, he shipped American jobs to places like Mexico and China. As governor, Romney outsourced state jobs to India, and now as a candidate for president he is pushing tax breaks for [...]

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Krugman: Obama Better for the Economy

May 1, 2012

“Romney, whatever he believes, if he believes anything, is certainly kowtowing to doctrines from the Republican party that would be a disaster,” Krugman tells Henry Blodget and Daniel Gross in the above video. “Romney will cut spending, which means basically the poor. So in the very short run we’re going to be taking money away [...]

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Romney campaign seems to have forgotten about Bush’s economic crises

May 1, 2012

There’s not much in politics that allows me to say, “I’m old enough to remember when.” But here’s one: I’m old enough to remember when George W. Bush was president. It was, after all, only four short years ago. And it didn’t go so well. The Bush economy is one of the worst on record. [...]

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Viral: Unimpressed American Indian

May 1, 2012

A new meme is going viral: the Unimpressed American Indian. It was listed as the most popular page for a moment on Alexa’s Hot Pages on the Internet. Generally only viral images make the list. You can see the full list of Unimpressed American Indian memes here. You can even add your own captions here. [...]

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Mitt Romney Haunts Mitt Romney, Part XXXVII

April 30, 2012

Mitt Romney Flip Flopping on Various Important Issues Thanks to whichmitt.com for a lot of the video clips and the effort that went into putting them together. A lot of the quotes come from mittromneyflipflops.com, thanks for putting the list together. Mitt Romney on Immigration ‘Those… paying taxes and not taking government benefits should begin [...]

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Senate Bill Allows USPS to Stop Saturday Delivery

April 29, 2012

The Senate has passed a bill with bipartisan support that would allow the post office to halt Saturday deliveries in an effort to help stem to flow of red ink at the agency. Msnbc’s Alex Witt has the details.

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